RV Crushes Truck
This guy dropped his 5th Wheel on the back of his truck on video. Not me BTW. What I can't figure out is how it happened. Go to about the 18 minute mark to see him checking everything, but it s...
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bpounds wrote:Cummins12V98 wrote:
Handle was NOT latched. Possibly because of the extra slip plate but he sure got it hitched later WITH extra slip plate still on.
Not what I would call a high hitch for sure.
Because you've got one image of high-hitch in your mind, and that one doesn't qualify. But the pin was too high for the jaw to close, so it fits the definition of high-hitch. Open your imagination a bit and think outside of your paradigm.
Yes it did close later with the disk in place, but if it is marginal, the jaw may snap closed one time, and not the next. You could probably push on the handle and force it closed if it fits metal to metal, but Mr. Newbie didn't know to try that. That's why I think it is likely to happen again if he doesn't figure this out.
The fact they had some problems getting the hitch to unlatch also points to the pin being too high and the jaw was binding on the King Pin.
I agree a pin that is too high to engage the hitch jaw could be considered a high hitch as happened to another trailer with a B&W hitch mentioned earlier.
